Cigar.



Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

B. PLOTKIN.

CIGAR.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT.15, 1913.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led September 15, 1913. Serial No. 789,731

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that T, BARNnrrPLo'rniN, a

citizen of vthe United States, residing atcation, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.A

My invention relates to a new and iinproved cigar, having for itsobject, among other things, to make a cigar with a short filler thatwill be superior to one made of long filler.

To these, and other ends, my invention consists in the cigar constructedsubstantially as hereinafterdescribed, and as shown in the drawingswherein- Figure l is a longitudinal section of the completed cigar; Fig.2 is a similar view of a cigar with the core exposed at the tuck; andFig. 3 is a sectional view upon line 2 2 of Figs. 1 and 2.

Heretofore a short filler cigar has been made by bunching a quantity ofsmall pieces of tobacco within abinder and inclosing the saine by awrapper. In a cigar so constructed the short filler is only held to-rgether by very thin leaves of tobacco, comprising the binder andwrapper, and as thev smoker bites through this the small pieces oftobacco drop from thecigar into the smokers mouth. HSmokers object tothis,y

therefore, the short filler cigar is sold at a less price than the longfiller cigar, although tobacco of the same grade in the short i'iller issuperior to that in the long filler. This is due to the fact that theshort filler is tobacco from the outer edges of the leaves, broken offfrom the ends of the long filler, and the most desirable portion of theleaf.

T have in my invention overcome the objections'to the short filler cigarheretofore made by producing a cigar composed largely of short fillerthat may be smoked without inconvenience and at the same time be made upfrom the very best tobacco. This desirable result is accomplished bysurrounding the short iiller, designated inthe drawing by numeral l,withlong filler 2 extending from the head to the tuck, while the shortlfiller terminates at a point distant from the head, so that the longfiller projects beyond the inner end of the short filler at 3, thatportion of the cigar that is held between the smokers lips, and thewhole'is then inclosed within a binder l and wrapper 5 of the usualtype. Tt is apparent that as the long filler extends over the end of theshort` ller at 'the head ofthe cigar, none of the short filler can fallor be pushed out ofthe cigar.

in themalring of this cigar, a quantity of short iiller is placed uponthe table in the general form of a mound, then strips "of long filler ofgreater length than the cigar arey placed upon eachfside thereof andboth thefshort and long filler, pressed slightly between the iingers, isthen lifted as a unit and placed in the binder. During this latteroperation thel short filler is held between the long filler, forconvenience designated sidings,y with suiiicient pressure to prevent itfrom falling-out while being moved. The binder is now wrapped around thelong filler sidings, and the cigar molded into the proper vform andshape with the sidings entirely surrounding the short filler and thewhole inclosed within wrapper.

This cigar is of the type wherein the short filler is the essentialelement thereof, as distinguished from the cigar that is made of longller with a limited quantity of short filler added to assist in fillingout an opening in the long filler or in shaping the cigar.

`What T claim as new, and desire by Letters Patent, is y 1. A. cigarhaving a core of short filler; long filler sidings surrounding said corebut of greater length; a binder surrounding said long filler; and awrapper surrounding said binder.

2. A cigar having a core of short filler; long filler sidings upon eachside y.of saidv core that project beyond and cover the end thereofadjacent to the head of the cigar; a binder surrounding saidk longfiller; and a wrapper surrounding said binder.

3. A cigary comprising a core of short filler, inclosed and shaped insidings of long filler, a binder surrounding said sidings, and a wrappersurrounding said binder.

In testimony whereof T affix my signature' in presence of two witnesses.

- BARNETT rLoTKrN,

to secure Witnesses :v

Grosor. 0. HALL, FLORENCE H. MoNK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

` Washington, D. C.

